Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century B.C., worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea, "the good goddess."
A. Based on accounts of various ancient writers,
B. Basing it on various ancient writers' accounts,
C. With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis,
D. By the accounts of various ancient writers they used,
E.Using accounts of various ancient writers,
答案选E.
问：C怎么错了？
另外，with什么时候对，什么时候错呢？
-- by 会员 天使追梦 (2010/9/14 20:17:06)
Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century B.C., worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea, "the good goddess."
A. Based on accounts of various ancient writers,
B. Basing it on various ancient writers' accounts,
C. With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis,
D. By the accounts of various ancient writers they used,
E.Using accounts of various ancient writers,
答案选E.
问：C怎么错了？
另外，with什么时候对，什么时候错呢？
-- by 会员 天使追梦 (2010/9/14 20:17:06)
这题的关键是考察逻辑意思的合理性：首先要理解accounts of是指某人对某事的叙述描述等（a written or spoken description that says what happens in an event or process），原文想表达的是科学家基于ancient writers的描述，去干了件什么事（具体是啥事不关咱的事，后面就别浪费时间看了）
C.with sth. used for a basis介词短语表伴随（如he came with a gift beutifully packed.），且不说used for a basis表达的累赘，“伴随着使用某人的描述作为基础，科学家干了件什么事”，逻辑意思根本就不对嘛，所以C是既redundant又logically wrong
同样，ABD逻辑意思都不对
总之，这几个选项都是分词或介词短语作have painted 的状语，还原以后更方便体会句意，如：scholars have painted a sketchy picture With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis
另外，base的用法也很重要（重点看第二个），仔细体会下就能知道为什么AB不对了～
base
[transitive usually passive] to have your main place of work, business etc in a particular place:
The paper had intended to base itself in London.
be based in somewhere
The new organization will be based in Dallas.
based
base something on/upon something phrasal verb
to use something as the thing from which something else is developed:
Their relationship was based upon mutual respect.
an economy based on farming
-- by 会员 jenny0827 (2010/9/15 10:45:12)